If youāre having a bad time and need a break from doomscrolling, search the tag #smile file on my blog for the emergency cute supply. Thereās no shame in needing to take a breather.
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Nameās R. He/him. Xennial and tired. Bisexual, transmasc and proud. Mixed-race American, Reconstructionist Jew. Former red state leftist, current swing state political pragmatist. Impact > intent. Full-time college student, full-time veterinary nurse, full-time Cat Dad to one furry little feline tyrant, and full-time obsessively-devoted husband to my beautiful, wonderful partner since 2017. I post whatever catches my fancy here. Fandoms, politics, recipes, art, personal shit, whatever.
If you want me to tag something so you can filter it, just send me an ask, you donāt need to explain your reasoning or whatever. Not here to make things shitty for anyone else and itās no skin off my back to tag something. Maybe 5 total exceptions to that but those donāt really matter.
- Political posts (including posts about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Syrian revolution and the Israel-Gaza warāthese are also tagged on their own)
- Pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth (will also be tagged ā#tokophobia cwā)
- Food
-Alcohol, marijuana, drugs
- Cats, dogs, snakes, animals
- Flashing lights, flashing gif, flashing video (will be tagged āflashingā and āflashing lights/gif/videoā)
-Eating disorders and mental health
- Emetophobia and trypophobia (tagged ā#[phobia] cwā)
-Spoilers for recent media (if itās more than 3-4 years old forget it, otherwise will be tagged ā[title] spoilersā). Iāll be honest I think the contemporary culture around plot twists and spoilers is asinine (if knowing whatās going to happen ruins the plot twist then it wasnāt written well to begin with) but whatever, Iāll play ball.
Stuff I donāt tag or filter and probably never will:
-Swearing. Sorry, but if you want swearing censored, youāre on the wrong blog.
-Actually, language censorship as a whole is a no-go here. No āunalivedā or any of that other TikTok bullshit here, and unless itās an actual slur thatās used in the post Iām not gonna warn in tags for use of a word.
-Or use of languages other than English, for that matter. I speak 3 languages and am learning 2 more. Still mainly post in English but if I use other languages or share a post thatās partially in another language, thenā¦yeah, itās gonna stay. Might translate if you ask nicely though.
-ā¦yeah think thatās about it.
Anything else yāall want tagged just send me an ask, if I fuck up and forget to tag a post feel free to either reply to the post or send an ask. Same if I share something inaccurate or misleading by mistake. Just tell me. I wonāt put you on blast.
I also post a lot of fiber art stuff and random shit. Should I separate all this shit into sideblogs? Maybe, but I barely maintain a main blog ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ I donāt have the bandwidth man Iām fucking busy. I work full-time and go to school full-time and Iāve got a home, a spouse, a family and a cat to take care of on top of that. I donāt care.
Itās funny because this scene must be based on the memoir Special Agent by Candis DeLong. In it she describes being out looking at clothes at a department store on lunch break with another female agent and overhearing a conversation between a man and a woman in which he says heās an FBI agent. They peer around some clothes racks thinking that theyāre going to see one of their fellow agents trying to get a date, and when they donāt recognize the guy they go over and pretend to be interested in the big strong FBI agent themselves and ask to see his badge. The guy actually pulled out a fake badge, whereupon they said āHuh, that doesnāt look anything like oursā¦ā, produced their own badges and arrested him for impersonating an FBI agent. (I remember this bit from a 25 year old book because I actually stole it myself for a fic)
Okay, European World Cup fans whoāve recently discovered ranch dressingā¦Iām feeling nice, so hereās what you gotta do.
Take 1tsp of dried dill, combine it with 1/2tsp each of dried parsley, dried chives, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and ground black pepper.
Mix all that into 1+1/2c of your creamy base of choiceāfor a healthier version you can use low-fat plain yogurt, for the full experience make it an equal mix of mayonnaise, plain yogurt, and whole milkāand add 1-3tsp of lemon juice.
Blend all of that together and youāve got ranch dressing at home, and probably better than anything you can get off the shelves here in the US.
You can also make larger portions of the seasoning mix and store it in an airtight container. The ratio is about 1tbsp mixture to 1c creamy base.
Experimenting with the base is also highly encouraged. Iāve substituted cream cheese for the milk in the base and mixed in spinach to make a cheesy spinach-ranch dip for parties, it came out delicious when served with pita chips. Other substitutions Iāve seen used in the base include ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, and kefir. The skyās the limit. Go forth and enjoy.
The polar opposite of corporate accounts trying to come across as hip and super friendly are the ones for libraries, aquariums, parks systems and the like, that are basically just trying to get people excited about learning and the wonder of history/science by posting things like this:
like anger is only going to get you so far. itās blinding. even if youāre angry about injustice. whereās your compassion for those harmed by said injustice? why is that compassion not your driving force?
and no, using the vulnerable as a cudgel with which to bludgeon people who only agree with you 99.99% of the time is not compassion. itās ghoulishness.
The Mamdani cult of personality is fascinating because 80% of his achievements thus far have been things that were either already in motion by the time he was elected (the rideshare lawsuits) or done in collaboration with the Democratic state government (balancing the city budget) but any post about it acts like Sexy Internet Campaign Man did it all by himself with One Weird Trick and the Corporate Neoliberals Hate Him meanwhile it wouldnāt be possible if he didnāt have support from other Democrats, who it turns out actually are in alignment with him and not the villains that his base thinks he is.
uh huh yeah no totally he was arrested in 2012 protesting against proposed cuts to medicaid as part of a longstanding pr campaign to revitalise his image right right itās all part of the plan yeah man i got it
